Post-16 Transitions: a Longitudinal Study of Young People with ...

Table 4.11: Young person’s recall of Year 11 discussion with Careers Service/Connexions
personnel
N = %
Yes 1,450 78
No 301 16
Don't know/can't remember 123 6
Total 1,874 100
Note: All percentages are weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated
Source: IES/MORI 2003
Young people in mainstream schools were slightly more likely
to recall having this type of discussion with someone from the
Careers Service/Connexions than young people in special
schools (80 per cent of young people in mainstream schools
compared to 70 per cent of young people in special schools
could recall this type of meeting). However, no other real
differences were observed for any other particular sub-groups
of young people. Although approximately twenty per cent of
young people in the survey were studying in LEAs covered by
a Connexions partnership during Year 11, similar proportions
of young people in Connexions areas (80 per cent) and non-
Connexions areas (77 per cent) recalled having a specific
discussion with someone about their future or career.
Almost three-quarters of young people who recalled having a
discussion about their future with someone from the Careers
Service or Connexions said that this discussion had been fairly
or very helpful (see Figure 4.2) and no real differences were
observed according whether young people had statements of
SEN or not, or attended special schools or mainstream schools
Figure 4:2: Helpfulness of Year 11 discussion with Careers Service/Connexions personnel
Very helpful
24%
Not at all helpful
6%
Not very helpful
18%
Fairly helpful
48%
Don't know/can't
remember
4%
N = 1,450
Percent
Source: IES/MORI 2003
38 Post-16 Transitions of Young People with SEN: Wave 2